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Theophilus Eugene "Bull" Connor (July 11, 1897 – March 10, 1973) was an American politician who served as Commissioner of Public Safety for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, for more than two decades. A member of the Democratic Party, he strongly opposed the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
Theophilus Eugene „Bull“ Connor war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und Verwaltungsbeamter. Bekannt wurde er hauptsächlich durch seine strikte Durchsetzung der Rassentrennung und sein gewaltsames Vorgehen gegen friedliche Demonstranten der Bürgerrechtsbewegung in den frühen 1960er Jahren in Birmingham.
Bull Connor was a notorious opponent of civil rights who used violence and repression to maintain racial segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. He became a national symbol of resistance to the movement after his police force attacked peaceful protesters in 1963.
3. Apr. 2014 · Learn about the life and career of Eugene "Bull" Connor, the Birmingham public safety commissioner who opposed the civil rights movement and ordered violent attacks on peaceful protesters. Find out how his actions influenced the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the history of Birmingham.
Bull Connor was a politician who served as Birmingham's Commissioner of Public Safety from 1936 to 1963. He used police brutality to suppress the civil rights protests led by Martin Luther King, Jr. and the SCLC in 1963.
7. Mai 2009 · National History Day documentary on Bull Connor, Birmingham's Commissioner of Public Safety, whose use of police dogs and fire hoses on civil rights demonstrators dramatically backfired and...
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11. März 1973 · Bull Connor symbolized for millions of Americans the harsh segregationist police officer of the Deep Souta—settings dogs on black demonstrators, ordering his men to use fire hoses to disperse...
